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What is TeraTerm?

TeraTerm is an open-source, free, software implemented, terminal emulator. It emulates different types of computer terminals, from DEC VT100 to DEC VT382.

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TeraTerm is an open-source, free, software implemented, terminal emulator. It emulates different types of computer terminals, from DEC VT100 to DEC VT382.


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Leonardo C.
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Leonardo C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"TeraTerm"
Excellent application, before I was using Putty but this application seemed more pleasant and intuitive, what I liked most about this application i...
Rahul S.
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Rahul S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"The Perfect Terminal Emulator"
I have used multiple terminal emulator software in my career as an embedded software engineer but I found TeraTerm as the best and most elegant sof...
Melvin F.
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Melvin F.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Stable software for your serial terminal and TCP/IP connection needs"
The software is light and stable. Lets you save the session and you can open multiple terminals in a high speed manner and organize them quickly u...
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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

The best feature of teraterm i like is that it is light, easy and the shortcuts are very simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

Every time I have open tera term I have to adjust the baudrate to 115200. I wish that once I set it, it would remember the last baud rate i used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use teraterm mainly for testing and debugging PCBs that we design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

I love that Teraterm is open source and is very feature rich. It handles serial connections super well through the drop down box as well as all of the other features you would expect from a terminal emulator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

I have no major dislikes expect for the fact that there is less documentation online than for other terminal emulators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use TeraTerm both to connect to serial devices as well as to ssh into remote servers. Using TeraTerm makes both of these much easier for engineers and saves us time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

Ease to change character set and uart baud rate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

No X11 support. Need additional app for x11 over ssh Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ssh to Linux machine and uart for USB devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alex S.
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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

Its fairly simple to set up and allows you to setup default comm ports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

I haven't found something I really dislike yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

TeraTerm allows us to communicate with our products to test and debug issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

The two best things about TeraTerm are: 1) it's flexible and 2) it's free. You can customize the settings to connect to any host or port that you need. I also appreciate that you can switch between black background w/ white text and white background w/ black text. It's a small detail, but it allows each user to use the contrast that they think is best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

TeraTerm is only available for Windows, so if you're running a Mac you'll need to find another option (or use Remote Desktop). Also, TeraTerm is open source, so you're not going to get professional support for this product. If you're not tech-savvy, or if your business depends on TeraTerm working correctly, then you may want to consider a paid solution that offers support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

If you need a quick, free solution, then TeraTerm is a good option. If you're not very technical, then I recommend using a program that offers more hands-on help and Support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use TeraTerm to control the firmware on a device my company manufactures. This allows me and my team to conduct special testing from our computers, without interfacing directly with the device. Controlling the device via TeraTerm also allows us to get feedback/logs from the device that we otherwise wouldn't be able to get from the device's LCD interface. Another major benefit to using TeraTerm is that it's free, so we don't have to worry about getting paid license when we add people to the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

Setup is quiet easy and you can always save it and it will start with the saved settings. Comes handy when running automation scripts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

Sometimes does not interact well with scripts used for automation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

Its just to use. I will not recommend any changes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

All the products have serial output which is quite helpful when debugging the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

Ability to create scripts, ease of use, a lot of configuration and customization options. This tool is very powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

Nothing that I can think of. I prefer this tool compared to its competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

Very powerful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's very helpful if you want to copy and paste huge data to the terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TeraTerm?

TeraTerm can be as complete as you like. You can build a list of connections to save or just enter your information each time you connect. It also includes connecting via serial - more tools of this nature are offering that now, but for a while it was hard to find. TeraTerm has always worked reliably and offers the features that most people need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TeraTerm?

It would be nice to have a tabbed interface to open multiple things at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TeraTerm:

Great tool for what it does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TeraTerm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Remote connectivity to network devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.